Comfortable

Life in the country is comfortable. It is very easy for me to feel happy where we are. In fact, I had that exact thought multiple times on Sunday. The first was in a conversation at church where it struck me that life is, for lack of a better word, easy. Then after the children napped on Sunday we walked across the street to the barns and strolled around. I re-lived a precious moment from when I was probably 6 or 7 years old and living in this place. I walked up the small hill of the bank barn, and skipped down with the breeze in my face and my arms outstretched like wings. Trent had a good laugh at the childishness of the moment and the girls thought it looked like fun. I was below the stone wall watching my dear children skip in the grass with a bright blue sky and cotton ball clouds above them and felt that "God's in His Heaven, all's right in the world." (Robert Browning)

As Trent and I talked and the children played, I told him that we could live here, with our three precious girls, and be very comfortable. But, is that what life is all about? Being comfortable?

Maybe life for some, but not for me, for my Christan walk. Before I go any further, I want to make it clear that I am not trying to be judgmental on how others live their Christian lives. I am just sharing my story.

Romans 6:22 (NIV) "But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life."

I think this verse in many ways describes why I feel the way I do. As a follower of Christ, I have been set free from sin. In this instance, I would say my sin could be called being "comfortable" or (Revelation 3:16 ) "lukewarm". Since being free, I am now a slave or servant of God. As such, I MUST do as He says. Although I could choose not to do as He says, I would not reap holiness. To those who cannot (even as fellow Christians) understand why I have a desire to open my home to foster children, this is the best I can answer you: At the end of my life, I will be standing face to face with my Creator. I want Him to say to me, "Well done good and faithful servant" (Matt 25:23) I do not want Him to say, "You wicked, lazy servant!" (Matt 25:26)

We anticipate our homestudy to be sometime in June. At some point after that, life for us will change. We may not be as comfortable as we once were, but I have no doubt in my mind that our lives will be forever changed for the better.